Ventilation efficiency to exercise in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Asterios KampourasElpis HatziagorouVasiliki AvramidouVasiliki GeorgopoulouFotis KirvassilisHelge HebestreitJohn TsanakasPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2019)
No significant differences were found regarding ΔVE/ΔVCO2 slope levels between the three groups. Ventilation intercept (VEint ) was elevated significantly as disease progresses reflecting increased dead space ventilation. CF patients retain their ventilation efficiency to exercise even as lung function deteriorates by adopting a higher respiratory rate along with increased dead space ventilation.
Keyphrases
- cystic fibrosis
- lung function
- respiratory failure
- mechanical ventilation
- end stage renal disease
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- high intensity
- physical activity
- air pollution
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- resistance training
- intensive care unit